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Maple cupcakes with Pecan butter cream and butter milk pancakes. Make 12 195g plain flour 140g raw caster sugar (normal white is fine too) 6g baking powder 4g bi carb 125g butter 3 egg yolks 1 tsp almond extract 90ml milk 100ml pure maple syrup
Preheat oven to 185c. Line your cupcake tin with 12 wrappers In large bowl cream your butter and sugar for 5 minutes. It should be light yellow, fluffy and sugar grain free. On medium speed, add your egg yolks one at a time beating well in between each addition. Add your extract. Beat well once again. In jug mix your maple syrup and milk. Shift your plain flour, bicarb, and baking powder in a another bowl. Fold 1/3 of the flour mix to butter. After fold 1/3 of the milk into the batter. Repeat the folding process until all mixes are folded together. Scoop your batter into the cupcake cases. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a wooden tooth pick comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool.
Pecan butter cream 150g butter, soften 500g icing sugar 2tsp pecan extract 50ml buttermilk Cream you butter in large bowl till very fluffy and almost white. Add your extract. On a slow speed beat one half of the sugar in to the butter. Add your butter milk. Beat again. Add the last bit of sugar and beat until fluffy and all ingredients are combined. Buttermilk pancakes 100g plain flour 150g self rising flour 2g bicarb soda 4g baking powder 2g salt 30g sugar 2 eggs 150ml butter milk 30ml oil In large bowl shift you flour, salt, bicarb and baking powder. In jug whisk the eggs, butter milk, oil and sugar. Pour your we mix into the dry mix and fold until just combined. Heat a fry pan on medium. Add your choice of oil or butter. Then wipe around to get rid of excess. Using teaspoons drop batter into the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side. You know when to turn when it shows bubbles on the surface. Repeat until batter is finished.
AssemblyTake one cupcake and pipe your butter cream to form a base. Next stick together three pancakes with extra butter cream and place on to of this base. Before serving add a piece of yellow chew sweeties to look like butter and drizzle with more maple syrup.From {here}
